Funded research

All grants awarded under the WCRF International Regular Grant Programme between 2001 and 2009 are listed here. The list is divided by country, according to the location of the institution in which the scientist identified as principal investigator works.

For information about research prior to 2001, contact research@wcrf.org.

GRANT NUMBER	PROJECT	SCIENTIST
Australia
2002/03	Diet and skin cancer prevention: an 11 year community-based prospective study	Adele Green, PhD, MSc Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane
2008/45	Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Risk: an 11-Year prospective study	Jolieke Van der Pols, PhD Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
France
2007/16	Evaluating the protective effect of folate against lung cancer in a large European prospective study	Paul Brennan, PhD International Agency for Research on Cancer, France
2007/14	Relationship between energy intake, anthropometrical measures and physical activity and the adenoma-carcinoma sequence in the E3N prospective study on women	Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, PhD Institut Gustave Roussy
2003/57	Relationship between energy, anthropometrical measures and physical activity and the adenoma-carcinoma sequence from the E3N prospective study on women	Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, PhD Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
2003/18	Excess weight, physical inactivity, endogenous hormones and endometrial cancer risk - a prospective cohort study	Rudolf Kaaks, PhD International Agency for Research on Cancer
2008/SD07	Dietary, Lifestyle and Genetic Determinants of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in three populations of the Jammu and Kashmir Region of Northern India - A Feasibility Study	Paolo Boffetta, MPH, MD IARC
2009/90	Biomarkers of industrial trans fatty acids and breast cancer risk within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort	Nadia Slimani, PhD The World Health Organisation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
2009/92	Role of obesity and thyroid hormones in the aetiology of differentiated thyroid carcinomas	Sabina Rinaldi, PhD The World Health Organisation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
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Germany
2007/13	Inflammation factors and endometrial cancer: a prospective study	Rudolf Kaaks, PhD DKFZ (German Cancer Research Centre), Heidelberg
2006/55	Long-term effectiveness of school-based obesity prevention: 8-year follow-up data of the Kiel Obesity Prevention Study (KOPS)	Manfred James Müller, PhD Christian-Albrechts-University
2006/39	Interactions between growth characteristics and diet in infancy and childhood and their influence on age at puberty-onset, an established cancer risk factor: data from the prospective DONALD study	Anja Kroke, MD, MPH Research Institute of Child Nutrition, University of Bonn
2004/01	Modulation of DNA-adduct levels in white blood cells as markers of cancer risk by nutritional behaviour and physical activity as assessed in a representative population sample of Bavaria, Germany	Erwin Eder, MD, PhD University of Wurzburg
2002/16	Lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress as risk modifiers for breast cancer: a transitional biomarker study	Karl-Heinrich Adzersen, MD University of Heidelberg
2002/15	Immunocompetence as a potential marker for cancer risk: dietary modulation by vegetables and fruits	Bernhard Watzl, PhD Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Karlsruhe
2008/30	The effect of physical activity and weight-related factors on endogenous sex hormones in postmenopausal women: understanding independent and joint roles	Karen Steindorf, PhD German Cancer Research Center, Germany
2009/10	Can metabolic factors explain the difference in the association of body mass index with risk of colorectal cancer between men and women?	Tobias Pischon, MD, MPH, PhD German Institute of Human Nutrition
2009/39	Glucose metabolism, advanced glycation end products, and chronic inflammation and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)	Sabine Rohrmann, MPH, PhD German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
Hong Kong
2003/81	Adolescent and adult soy intake and breast cancer risk in Chinese premenopausal women	Suzanne Ho, MPH, PhD, MSc The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2008/SD11	Changes in food and supplements consumption before and after diagnosis affecting quality of life in breast cancer survivors	Josette Sin-yee Chor, PhD The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2008/54	A pilot study to investigate attitudes and behaviours towards food avoidance and food preference concerning Chinese cancer patients – patients’, general public’s, and Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors’ perspectives	Joseph T.F. Lau, PhD The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009/02	The acceptability and feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors	Judy Ho, MBBS, FRCS, FHKAM University of Hong Kong Medical Centre
Italy
2004/02	Preventing breast cancer in premenopausal women: a dietary intervention trial to reduce hormonal and biochemical markers of increased risk	Franco Berrino, MD, PhD Istituto Nazionale Tumori Milano
2002/10	Controlling intestinal carcinogenesis by reducing polyamine levels through the administration of plant amine oxidases with food	Piero Dolara, MD University of Florence
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The Netherlands
2007/47	Exploring the pathways between environmental and individual factors in the explanation of overweight and obesogenic behaviours	Johannes Brug, PhD EMGO Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center
2006/13	Plasma carotenoids, vitamin C and risk of breast cancer	Carla H. van Gils, PhD University Medical Center Utrecht
2006/11	Effect of a multi component school based intervention aimed at changing fruit and vegetable consumption in 11-13 year-old children on the intake levels of the pupils’ mothers	Johannes Brug, PhD Erasmus University Medical Center
2005/63	Selenium and the prostate: clinical trials on availability to prostate tissue and effects on gene expression	Pieter Van ’t Veer, PhD, MSc Wageningen University
2005/35	The 1944-45 Dutch-famine; has it shifted hormonal set-points affecting breast cancer risk of girls exposed as well as their daughters?	Paulus Van Noord, MD, PhD, MSc University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
2004/05	Evaluation of a primary school fruit and vegetables scheme in the Netherlands and identification of determinants of fruit and vegetable intakes among primary school children	Johannes Brug, PhD Erasmus University Medical Center
2003/30	A prospective study on energy restriction in childhood, physical activity, diet in adulthood and the risk of postmenopausal ovarian cancer	Dr L. J. Schouten Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University
2002/11	IGF polymorphisms and diet in relation to breast tissue density	Petra Peeters, MD, PhD University Medical Centre Utrecht
2008/23	Plasma carotenoids, retinol, tocopherols, and vitamin C and risk of colorectal cancer within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)	H B Bueno de Mesquita, MD, PhD National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
2008/65	Determinants of effective interventions: mediators and moderators of school-based interventions aimed at energy balance behaviour	Marijke Chin A Paw, PhD VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
2008/SD10	Feasibility of large-scale mammographic density assessments in EPIC	C H van Gils, PhD University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
2007/54	Body weight and height change, energy restriction in childhood and physical activity as determinants of colorectal cancer: the role of (epi)genetic instability	M.P. Weijenberg, PhD Maastricht University
2009/08	Genes and environment in obesogenic behaviour: Exploring the relative importance of environmental and genetic factors on sedentary behaviour and sleep duration during adolescence - a study in adolescent twins	Johannes Brug, PhD, MSc EMGO Institute for Care and Health Research, VU University Medical Center
2009/11	Nutritional and Lifestyle Characteristics of Vegetarian and Very Low Meat Diets as Determinants of Subsequent Cancer Risk	Leo J. Schouten, MD, PhD GROW - School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University
2009/68	Effect of folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation on DNA methylation	Ellen Kampman, PhD, MSc Wageningen University and Research Centre
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Sweden
2007/09	Me-Can; collaborative study on metabolic syndrome and cancer	Pär Stattin, PhD Umeå University
2006/10	One-carbon metabolism and prostate cancer, biochemical, genetic and dietary studies	Pär Stattin, PhD Umeå University
2004/16	Foods, nutrients, dietary patterns, physical activity, and endometrial cancer- a population-based cohort study of 60,000 Swedish women	Alicja Wolk, DMSc Karolinska Institutet
2002/30	The metabolic syndrome and cancer risk: a longitudinal study in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Cohort	Pär Stattin, PhD Umeå University, Sweden
UK
2007/SP01	Continuous updating of the WCRF-AICR report on diet and cancer	Teresa Norat, PhD Imperial College London
2007/53	Nested prospective case control study in breast and colorectal cancer of a new biomarker for sugars intake and impact of biomarkers on risk assessment of diet in relation to cancer	Sheila Rodwell, PhD Medical Research Council (MRC), University of Cambridge
2007/52	Non-invasive biomarkers of DNA damage related to red meat intake and risk of colorectal cancer	Maria Velasco-Garcia, PhD The Open University
2007/41	Personal and environmental determinants of eating behaviours and obesity in adolescents (PEACHEB)	Ashley Cooper, PhD University of Bristol
2007/34	The role of fruit, vegetables and associated nutrients and patterns on weight change in middle-aged women	Victoria J. Burley, PhD Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT), University of Leeds
2007/07	Association of factors in the folate metabolic pathway with prostate cancer incidence and progression	Richard Martin, PhD University of Bristol
2006/43	Explaining the influence of diet upon gut microbial metabolites relevant to colon cancer	Harry J. Flint, PhD Rowett Research Institute
2006/18	Epigenetic events in cervical cancer: modulating effects of B vitamins and genotype	Hilary J Powers, PhD University of Sheffield
2006/15	Association of circulating vitamin D metabolite levels with incidence and progression of screen-detected prostate cancer	Richard Martin, PhD University of Bristol
2006/03	Anthropometric markers of childhood nutrition and cancer: associations of height, leg length, foot size and shoulder breadth with cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort	David J Gunnell, PhD University of Bristol
2006/CS03	LiveWell - Development and feasibility of an intensive lifestyle intervention programme for the secondary prevention of colorectal cancer	Annie Anderson, PhD University of Dundee
2005/50	Identification of the subdimensions of physical activity that are associated with risk of incident cancer in population-based cohort studies.	Nick Wareham, PhD Medical Research Council (MRC), University of Cambridge
2005/25	(co-funded with Breast Cancer Campaign) The effect of intermittent vs chronic energy restriction on biomarkers of breast cancer risk in premenopausal women - a randomised trial	Michelle Harvie, PhD, MSc University of Manchester
2005/11	(co-funded with Breast Cancer Campaign) Effects of early life nutrition on the risk of breast cancer	Diana Kuh, PhD Medical Research Council (MRC), Royal Free & University College London Medical School
2004/06	Investigation of vegetarian and healthy dietary patterns in relation to the risk of developing breast cancer	Janet Cade. PhD, MSc University of Leeds
2004/09	Diet, IGF and cancer risk: an intergenerational investigation based on the ALSPAC cohort of children and their mothers	Pauline Emmett. PhD University of Bristol
2004/03	The role of early postnatal diet and weight gain in determining cancer risk factors: leg length and circulating IGF-1 level	David Dunger, MD University of Cambridge
2004/07	A prospective investigation of the impact of snacking habits on body weight status in middle-aged women: further analysis of the UK Women’s Cohort Study	Victoria J. Burley, PhD University of Leeds
2004/11	The effect of weight loss on colorectal epithelial cell proliferation and markers of systemic and mucosal inflammation	Mark Hull, PhD University of Leeds
2004/13	Influence of lipids on N-nitrosative chemistry arising from dietary nitrate at the gastro-oesophageal junction	Kenneth McColl, MD University of Glasgow
2004/15	TeesCAKE (Tees Consumption and Activity for Kids Experience)	Carolyn Summerbell, PhD University of Teesside
2004/24	Red meat intake, endogenous nitrosation and colorectal cancer risk	David Shuker, PhD The Open University
2004/18	Milk intake and prostate cancer risk: a “Mendelian randomisation” approach	George Davey-Smith, MD, MSc University of Bristol
2003/35	The effects of phytoestrogens on breast, prostate and bowel cancer risk	Sheila Rodwell, PhD Medical Research Council (MRC), Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, University of Cambridge
2003/67	Population and community programmes for dietary prevention of cancer: systematic review of effectiveness	Eric Brunner, PhD, MSc University College London
2003/31	Top-up Grant The influence of childhood diet and growth on the insulin-like growth factor axis and cancer risk – a follow up study based on the Boyd Orr cohort	David Gunnell, PhD, MSc University of Bristol
2003/41	Does vitamin C supplementation reduce DNA damage levels in Barrett’s oesophagus?	Laura Hardie, PhD University of Leeds
2003/51	A randomised placebo-controlled trial to evaluate interactions between riboflavin and folate intake and genotype in reducing risk of cervical cancer	Hilary J. Powers, PhD University of Sheffield
2002/40	Biological markers to assess measurement error in dietary assessments for epidemiological studies of diet and cancer	Sheila Rodwell, PhD Medical Research Council (MRC), Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, University of Cambridge
2002/41	Dietary selenium, glutathione peroxidase expression and development of colon cancer	John Hesketh, PhD University of Newcastle
2002/35	Correction of marginal dietary selenium intake and cancer risk in the UK	Malcolm Jackson, PhD, DSc University of Liverpool
2002/60	Identification of epigenetic markers of colon cancer risk associated with food-borne carcinogen, 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP)	Minori Koi, PhD Brunel University
2002/63	Diet and prostate cancer: prospective studies within a large population-based prostate-screening programme in middle aged men	Steven Oliver, PhD University of York
2002/55	Molecular basis for chemoprevention of colon cancer by cruciferous vegetables in man	John Hayes, PhD University of Dundee
2002/22	The influence of diet, physical activity levels and body composition on menarche in a contemporary cohort	Imogen Rogers, PhD, MSc University of Bristol
2008/51	One carbon metabolism and pancreatic cancer	Paolo Vineis, MD, PhD Imperial College London, UK
2008/47	TeesCAKE (Tees Consumption and Activity for Kids Experience)	Carolyn D Summerbell, PhD University of Durham, UK
2008/57	Maternal caffeine intake and the presence of chromosomal abnormalities in neonatal blood: implications for future cancer risk	Marcus S Cooke, PhD University of Leicester, UK
2008/21	Diet, activity, psychosocial factors and survival from breast cancer.	Sheila Rodwell, PhD MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival (CNC), University of Cambridge
2008/31	Dietary determinants of fat mass in adolescents.	Susan Jebb, PhD MRC Human Nutrition Research, University of Cambridge
2008/15	Effect of maternal folate intake on fetal methylation and gene expression patterns of growth regulatory genes: A whole genome approach	William E Farrell, PhD Keele University, UK
2005/12	The influence of vitamin D and polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor and calcium sensing receptor on colorectal cancer risk within the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC)	Elio Riboli, MD, MPH, ScM Imperial College London
2009/23	The relationship between dietary patterns and changes in body fatness and lean mass in a contemporary cohort of children	Kate Northstone, PhD, MSc University of Bristol
2009/25	Assessment of the genotoxicity of dietary acrylamide	Peter B. Farmer, Dphil, MA University of Leicester
2009/30	Evaluation of the role of cervical cell folate status and gene specific methylation motif as determinants of HPV persistence: a nested case-control study	Hilary Powers, PhD University of Sheffield
2009/44	Adherence to the WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)	Teresa Norat, PhD Imperial College London
2007/52_R09	Non-Invasive Biomarkers of DNA Damage Related to Red Meat Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer	Maria Velasco-Garcia, PhD, PDRA The Open University
2009/SD04	Obesity, inflammation and iron metabolism in colorectal carcinogenesis	Chris Tselepis, PhD University of Birmingham
2009/89	Dairy and Plant Foods and Advanced Prostate Cancer	Stephanie Smith-Warner, PhD, MSc Harvard School of Public Health
2009/93	Dairy, Meat, Linolenic Acid and Soy Consumption as Risk Factors for Prostate, Colorectal, and Breast Cancer in a Cohort with a Wide Range of Dietary Habits: Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2)	Gary E. Fraser, MPH, PhD Loma Linda University